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The Tapestry Story

The Tapestry Story

A non-linear, but connected story.

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The CEO’s Correction

The CEO’s Correction

It was odd that Paul wanted a one-on-one with me. When I was first hired he and I would meet weekly. Sales are always tenuous with a new…
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Elliot NicholsApr 6
Samantha

Samantha

The kickballs they used in gym class were always slightly deflated. This was done on purpose so when they made impact with. a kid’s chest…
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Elliot NicholsMar 23
Marcus

Marcus

When Marcus was 14 years old he got the shit beaten out of him. Not by his asshole father or older brother, either. Marcus had grown up…
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Elliot NicholsMar 4
A Bartender’s Trigger

A Bartender’s Trigger

When the sales bros want to go to a bar, you’re labeled a pussy if you don’t go. This is a label I’d worn several times, but I wasn’t in…
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Elliot NicholsMar 9
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Sam’s Room

Sam’s Room

Her room always smelled like faintly like cocoa butter. The sweet milky smell hung gently in the air. The elevator in her building was a…
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Elliot Nichols22 hrs ago
The Coffee Date

The Coffee Date

Conference days are usually a tremendous waste of time. If you don’t learn anything and you don’t connect with someone you think is…
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Elliot Nichols5 days ago

A Peek Behind the Tapestry — Hello

Wait, You Can Write Letters?At present 57 people are following the Tapestry story. I am incredibly grateful to all of you. It’s a big ask — your time and attention — for my fiction. ¶ I’m going to be honest, I didn’t even know that publications could send letters until I did a little clicking around my own inbox and found letters from publications I follow. ¶ I wanted to use this function to give you a little peak behind the curtain (or Tapestry as it were) into the formation of the story, it’s goals and hopefully spark…
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Elliot NicholsMar 31
The Panel

The Panel

Everyone who ever speaks on a panel wants to finish as a rock star. Make no mistake, no one who ever volunteers to give a talk or sit on a…
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Elliot NicholsMar 30
The Conference

The Conference

I am not the biggest fan of conferences. They tend to exhaust my reserve of social energy. That said, our CEO thought it was important for…
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Elliot NicholsMar 16
Cheryl and The Date

Cheryl and The Date

Cheryl had been dating Greg for about two months. On their fifth or maybe sixth date they’d gone home together. He came back to her place…
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Elliot NicholsMar 9
The Change

The Change

The Change couldn’t be seen while I was in it’s midst. It was only after it had taken place fully that I could recognize it. But once I…
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Elliot NicholsFeb 4
The Job

The Job

Marcus liked to walk over to my desk and put his hand on the table in front of me while I was working.
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Elliot NicholsFeb 5
Bus Lady

Bus Lady

I wait for a bus every working day of my life. Each and every one of those days as far back as I can remember a woman waited for that same…
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Elliot NicholsFeb 1
The CEO and the Bookkeeper

The CEO and the Bookkeeper

Paul was the CEO of our company. He and I were roughly the same age. What I liked about Paul was that he was quiet more than he spoke…
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Elliot NicholsFeb 5
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